MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
elearning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
must deal with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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